diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/mono/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/mono/default.nix
index ee415e3b07b..471f0d5b36d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/mono/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/mono/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, bison, pkgconfig, glib, gettext, perl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "mono-2.8";
+  name = "mono-2.10.8.1";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/sources/mono/mono-2.8.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "04bivxg90mmihkp72sjshl4ijbjcbl9f6hdgm476zy794g5rwd78";
+    url = http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/mono-2.10.8.1.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0h4hdj99qg0nsg5260izwaybs59wysf7y399kffhg43fidpndz0x";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [bison pkgconfig glib gettext perl];